We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England.
WAYLON JENNINGSOne thing is that I wasn’t getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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I’m old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
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The only two things in life that make it worth livin’ / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin’ women
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I could have killed her when we first met and I’ve been out of jail by now.
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His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim.
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The men who could not fight, in a war that didn’t seem right. You let them come home, America.
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I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn’t know how, but somehow I’d caused it.
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What I did. I’ve listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.
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Listening to his songs she heard nothing but bad news, still she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He’s the biggest. He’s like an Elvis in this business, but no, he’s never been the rebel.
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Take your tongue out of my mouth, I’m kissing you good-bye.
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I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I’m really about.
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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.
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The only problem was I needed to use my own group, and things didn’t happen until I did. It wasn’t a real country sound.
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